Aspects of Meditation, Book 3

Awareness, the Key

By: Osho

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

This audiobook includes a special original recording from the author's talk, "The Secret of Secrets".

Discover a deeper understanding of meditation through an investigation into the subtle workings of the mind - transforming the unconscious through awareness, with Osho's Awareness, the Key: Aspects of Meditation, Book 3.

The West has taken to meditation with great enthusiasm. We contemplate. We concentrate. We embrace mindfulness techniques and a multitude of mantras. We have undertaken to “do” meditation.

The Aspects of Meditation series is comprised of brief, precious texts in which Osho shows us the core of meditation is not about sitting silently or chanting a mantra. It is, instead, a question of understanding the subtle workings of the mind. In Book 3, Osho explores different states of unconsciousness and the ways in which they can transform awareness of the here and now.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Essentials

©2022 by OSHO International Foundation (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Osho speaks on how to tidy up the mind and maintain clarity.

He defined what zen mind is and how to go about achieving a mind that is not so active. He mentioned that a hundred years ago that humanity was only receiving 1/10 the input of nowadays and that today that input is at 9/10. He said the mind is like a table with a bunch of folders on it that need to be looked at but we never take the time to look at what's on the table. So the stuff on the table builds up more and more until the mind is overwhelmed with unexamined thoughts and emotions. If people meditated every day many of these hidden issues could be resolved but instead the mind just continues to add to the unexamined pile. He mentions that neuroses are caused because people keep trying to do the same thing to solve a problem and continue being unsuccessful thus driving them crazy. This book contains an additional speech at the end all about Buddha and consciousness and compares his thoughts with Sigmund Freuds' concepts of psychoanalysis.